Thank you to Stacey for sending me this listing. She actually went to see the house (these photos work!) and described the house as "fantastic."

The American Heritage Dictionary has this note in its definition of "fantastic": "Fantastic describes what seems to have slight relation to the real world because of its strangeness or extravagance: fantastic imaginary beasts such as the unicorn." I'm sure that's not the usage Stacey meant. Um, right, Stacey?

This house -- cheap, cheap, cheap! -- was found by Kandi, who writes: "We were going to get rid of all the cabinets, but then there would be no place for the range hood..." (She also points out that they have only one interior photo, and this is what they chose.)

It's a toilet! No, it's a doorway! No... according to Julia, who found this listing, this door is the only way into the sun room behind the toilet.

The listing's website is tricky to navigate, so I'll just toss this in here. It's from the same house, and I think it's great. Well, so long as those are the family's kids, it's great. Otherwise it's bizarre and creepy. Either way, though, is it really a selling point?

These are not what I usually think of when I picture "junkyard dogs." And this is not what I usually think of when I imagine the backyard of my dream home. (Not even if my dream home "IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE ALAMEDA SWATMEET").

Ahhh... nothing says "home" more than freshly baked chocolate-chip cookies, even if the batter is the stuff you (by "you" I mean "I") get in the giant tub from Costco. And, um, even if "home" appears to be an abandoned construction site.

Jennifer found this little cutie (no, not the house). "It's disturbing enough that all of the photos in the listing are just different angles of the outside of the house, but you also apparently get a free 'pet.'" Just what I wanted!

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Amanda found this interesting bit of home decorating. I'm sure there are good reasons for setting up a tent inside your house. Like... um... you have kids who are having a slumber party and are pretending to be camping. Or you're sealing the seams and just don't care about that whole "well-ventilated room" thing.

I'm not sure there are good reasons for having the set-up tent included in the listing when you try to sell your house.